Cleveland-based C.A. Litzler Co. Inc. has opened an office in Shanghai, China. It is led by Bunny Shen, whose experience includes the printed circuit board, CCL and textile industries.

Eclipse Inc., Rockford, Ill., hired Neil Simpson as glass manager for the European market. Working from the Eclipse regional office in Droitwich, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, Simpson will service existing Eclipse glass clients as well as developing new relations with prospective customers.
Also, Robert Sanderson, P.E., has joined the firm. Sanderson has worked extensively in engineering of industrial drying and automotive curing ovens and related systems.

St. Louis-based Watlow hired four new employees to support the company's growth in Asia. Dat Hua is China sales director, located in Shanghai. Chiun How Teng has been appointed the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) sales engineer, Asia region, and is based in Singapore. Anthony Tan is sales director for Southeast Asia and Australia, responsible for all Asia region locations except China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Also, Kazunori Shimizu is country sales manager for Japan.

Maxitrol Co., a manufacturer of gas pressure regulators, gas modulation valves and electronic controls for gas systems, named David M. Holcomb as national sales manager. Based at the company's headquarters and technical development center in Southfield, Mich., Holcomb is responsible for the company's sales force and for improving and maintaining key customer accounts.

Industrial Combustion, Monroe, Wis., has selected the BurnerLogix control system from Fireye Inc., Derry, N.H., as standard equipment on all of its burners. Fireye is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp., Hartford, Conn. The control takes up 40 percent less space in the cabinet and has features such as adaptive infrared amplifiers that sense the difference between the gas pilot and main oil flame.

Joe Fitzgerald was named extrusion sales manager for Sterling Inc., Milwaukee. Fitzgerald has held several key positions at the temperature control systems and chillers manufacturer since joining the company in the early 1990s.

Paoli, Pa.-based Ametek Inc. acquired Land Instruments International Ltd., a global supplier of high-end analytical instrumentation based in Dronfield, United Kingdom. Land Instruments, with a product line that includes infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and emissions-monitoring instruments, joins Ametek as part of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG).